Combined clothesline, pulley, and clothespin



Feb. 19, 1952 M. ESPOSITO COMBINED CLOTHESLINE, PULLEY, AND CLOTHESPIN 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 Filed Nov. 15 1950 INVENTOR. MARIO ESPOSITO 1952 M. ESPOSITO COMBINED CLOTHESLINE, PULLEY, AND CLOTHESPIN Filed Nov. 15, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 k qu I 'Q'IIIIJ \\YL\\\\ INVENTOR. MARI o ESPOS] 'TO Patented Feb. 19, 1952 UNIT so:

COMBINED CLOTHESLINEQIBULLEYZ; AND; CLOTHESPIN Ma'rio" Esposito, GloversvillegN." Y2 AppliclationrNovehrberiB, 1950,;SeriaLNo. 195 759;

This invention .relates .to new and .-usef ul 11m provementsiin clothes lines of the type which are-- 5 rigged to: extend from arwindow to an outersup-v port and have s1idab1y ;fi.xed thereon: atplurality. of. clothes clips;

Clothes lines: of 1 the -.-type mentionedousually comprise .a continuous loop mountedlon suitable. pulleys :and having ;one .leg; thereof 'locatedb'elow. th8 th61.. Onlythe lower leg-pf the loop is util ized to support clothes.

One'object of the invention-isthe provision: o f-'1 improved clothes clips slidably fixable on the erence will be had to .the followingdescription and accompanyingdrawirigs, and to the. appended claims in Whichth'e various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying dr'awings formingama; terial part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1is a'sideelevational view of the meansiof the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of said means.

Fig. I 3 is a' detached perspective view "ofjthe' clothes clip of the invention.

Figgi is a detached perspectiveviewon a'smallscaleof another portion .of the meansofithe in-. vention...

Fig. is an enlarged'sectional view online 5 -5 Fig; Tie a. side elevational'view of-a modifi'e'd form'of the invention;

Fig.8 is an enla'rged end-' view of the means of? Figs'Ii:

Figi'9 is an enlargedsectionaliview oni1ine.;9-:1-'-9 of Fig.;7..

Referring now to Figs. 1-5 whereina first form of theinvention is illustrated, the referencenm. meral I0 indicates a length" of rope .formed..into,

a loop havingonelegthereoflocatedlbelowtthe 551.25.

7 Claims. (Cl. 211 -11932)" other.- One end of .the loopis mounted fonian or; dinaryclothesline pulley I I- is jsecured'by; a yoke .12' to a suitable outer support 'such asxfas': clothes pole... The other end lot. the. loop." is.

' ,.mounted on-a pulley I3Ito. be more .fiillyg de scribed hereinafter andwhich is seouredibyi'a yoke I I which isusuallysecuredto theside of a window. v

According. tothe invention. a; plurality, of}? 1o .clothes clips-I 5 are .slidablyisecured on theildwer'f leg of loop II) for the purpose of suspending Lard cles of wash from the latter. EachIc1ip,-I5 "eoniprises a. pair .of. sheet metal strap, membersiil 6 and IL Thelatter havingtanupwardextension 15.18 looped aboutthe rope I0.'l' The imembersilt and II are spaced apart at their central-portions and have ears and '21 which. support la? pivot pin 22 interconnecting the members. Afspringlfli is coiled ,aboutdahe pivot pin-22".andjservesjto 20 maintain the inwardly offsetllower, portions. .of J

the members I6 and I1 togethen- At their lower. ends the members .I 6 and. I I are provided with inturned flangesor teethl24 whichlcooperate 'un der:- the influence :of 'spring23- to. grip. between i 25 them an article of wash; The teeth 24 'are Spread 2 apart towinsert .or remove an. article .of. :washilby pressing the upper end .of member I 6 against the member. I 1.

It will be seentherefore. that the iclips .I iiare permanently mounted on th e. .1ine lflfand' iare' slidable along the latter to any desired. position. Preferably the loops I8 are of suchsizeasltohave'. a slight frictional grip on the a line adapted. to prevent. inadvertent sliding. movements. of theclips.

Thepulley. I3 which it will be remembered secured to the side of a window bythe yoke I4 comprises a. pair. of circularside plates .25 be-1' tween .whichis secured any suitable manner.

40 such as bywelding, a pulley track 26)" If desired! the track-26 and the side plates 25 may be .formed in onepiece. The side plates 25 areof Tsuch' di-f ameter as to contain between them the.enti'1*e length of atclothes clip I5 having. its loop .I8 "en-'1- -gaged against the pulley track 2I5'asir'1dicated in Fig. .1; As best shown in Fig. 5, the.pla'tes..25 are mounted on a pivot bolt 21 Twhichalso passes throughthe arms of yoke -I 4 and islprovided with; a nut 28 Suitable washers, "and3I separate 5'0.the parts mounted on bolt 21 andfassure free .ro.-.

tation ofv the .plates.. .25. The arms. of yoke- I 4 "do? 4 notv terminate .at. .the .pivot lbolt, 2 'ITbut pro ect 1 therebeyond at an upward .irielination'gending."a short distance beyond the periphery ofthe" plates The ends'fiof yoke nerve to supporvanin verted sheet metal channel 32 whose upper edge is tangential to the periphery of the plates 25 and whose side walls are spaced apart the same distance as said plates 25. The one end of the channel 32 is formed arcuately to complement the peripheral curvature of the plates 25, but the other end of the channel is formed at right angles to the length thereof and is closed by cars 33 formed off the side walls of the channel. The cars 33 are provided with aligned holes 34 located on a line tangential with the pulley track 26. Thus the upper leg of rope l extends from said pulley track through said holes in a straight line.

The construction is such that as the lower leg of line In is reeled in to remove the articles of wash therefrom, the clips 15 travel-around the pulley track 26 between the side plates 25 and into the inverted channel 32. The first clip I abuts the closed end of channel 32 and is prevented from riding out on to the upper leg of the line. Thus the said clips are conveniently stored within the said channel and the line need not be reeled back and forth to collect all of the clips. Further the said clips are protected from the elements within the channel.

The mounting of channel 32 on the ends of the arms of yoke 14 provides for the rocking of said channel about the pulley I3 as the position of the center portion of line H3 is varied by the weight of clothes hung thereon.

A modified form of the invention is illustrated injFigs. 7-9 wherein like parts are given the same reference numerals as hereinbeiore with a prime added. In this form of the invention the side walls of channel 32 are provided each with a depending extension 35 whose one edge is a continuation of the arcuate end edge of the channel side wall. The other vertical edge of each extension 35 flares outward as it extends downwar asbest shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

The construction is such that the outwardly flared extensions 35 form a sort of funnel to guide angularly mispositioned clips between the plates While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A clothesiine comprising a vertical loop of rope, a plurality of clothes clips slidably fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pulley on which one end ofsaid loop is mounted a pulley track on which the other end of the loop is mounted, a pair of circular side plates secured to said track, each ,of a diameter such as to containsaid clips within the periphery thereof, a pivot bolt on which said sideplatesare pivoted, a yoke also pivoted on said b'olt'and securing the pulley track and side plates to a window side or the like and an inverted channel secured to said yoke and aligned with said'side plates, said channel having a closed end to limit the travel of said clips onto the upper leg of the loop.

2 A clothesline comprising a vertical loop oi rope, a plurality of clothes clips slidably fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pulley on which one end of said loop is mounted, a pulley track on which the other end of the loop is mounted, a

pair of circular side plates secured to said track, each having a diameter such as to contain the length of a said clip within the periphery thereof, a pivot on which said plates are journalled, a yoke having its side arms journalled on said pivot, an inverted channel secured to the ends of the yoke arms and having its top edge tangential with the peripheries of said side plates, and one end edge of each side wall abutting the periphery of a side plate throughout the length of the form or, ears closing the other end of the channel to limit the travel of the clips onto the top leg of the loop, and

' a hole in said ears through which said top leg extends.

3, A clothesline comprising a vertical loop of rope, a plurality of clothes clips slidably fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pulley on which one end of said loop is mounted, a pulley track on which the other end of the loop is mounted, a pair of circular side plates secured to said track, each having a diameter such as to contain the length of a said clip within the periphery thereof, a pivot on which said side plates are journalled, a yoke having its side arms journalled on said pivot, an inverted channel secured to the ends of the yoke arms and having its top edge tangential with the peripheries of said side plates, and one end edge of each side wall abutting the periphery of a side plate throughout the length of the form or, ears closing the other end of the channel to limit the travel of the clips onto the top legof the loop, and a hole in said ears through which said top leg extends, said hole being located on a line tangential with said pulley track.

4. In a clothes line comprising a vertical loop of rope having one end mounted on a pulley, the combination, of a plurality of clothes clips slidingly fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pair of circular side plates, a pulley track fixed concentrically between said side plates, said side plates being of such diameter as to contain the length of a said clip completely within their peripheries, a pivot on which said side plates are journalled, a yoke having its side arms journalled on said pivot, an inverted channel secured on the ends of the yoke arms and into which the said clips are fed as they pass around the pulley track, ears closing one end of said channel and limiting the travel of said clips onto the upper leg of the loop, and a hole in said ears through which said upper leg extends.

5. In a clothes line comprising a vertical loop of rope having one end mounted on a pulley, the combination, of a plurality of clothes clips slidingly fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pair of circular side plates, a pulley track fixed concentrically between said side plates, said side plates being of such diameter as to contain the length of a said clip completely within their peripheries, a pivot on which said side plates are journalled, a yoke having its side arms journalled on said pivot, an inverted'channel secured on the ends of the yoke arms and into which the said clips are fed as they pass around the pulley ing one end of the channel and limiting the travel of said clips on to the upper leg of the loop, and a hole in said ears'through which said upper leg extends, said hole being on a line tangential with said pulley track.

6. In a clothes line comprising a vertical loop ends of the yoke arms and into which the said 7 clips are fed as they pass around the pulley track, ears closing one end of said channel and limiting the travel of said clips onto the upper leg of the loop, a hole in said ears through which said upper leg extends, and a pair of depending extensions of said channel side walls, said extensions being aligned with the said side plates on one edge and flaring outward on the other edge to guide clothes clips between said side plates.

'7. In a clothes line comprising a vertical loop of rope having one end mounted on a pulley, the combination, of a plurality of clothes clips slidingly fixed on the lower leg of the loop, a pair of circular side plates, a pulley track fixed concentrically between said side plates, said side plates being of such diameter as to contain the length or" said clip completely within their pe- 6, ripheries, a pivot on which said side plates are journalled, a yoke having its side arms journalled on said pivot, an inverted channel secured on the ends of the yoke arms and into which the said clips are fed as they pass around the pulley track, the upper edge of the channel being tangential with the peripheries of said side plates, and the side walls of the channel being fitted to and aligned with the said side plates, ears clos ing one end of the channel and limiting the travel of said clips onto the uper leg of the loop, a hole in said ears through which said upper leg extends, said hole being on a line tangential with said pulley track, and a pair of depending extensions of said channel side walls, said extensions being aligned with the said side plates on one edge and flaring outward on the other edge to guide clothes clips between said side plates.

MARIO ESPOSITO.

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